Visakhapatnam :

Students of Gitam University have come up with innovative events for this year’s GUSAC Carnival to be hosted on the campus from March 6 to March 8. These include an ‘Author’s Workshop’ as part of the literary segment, a ‘Wizard’s Chess’ event that will see people take the place of pieces on a life-sized chess board as well as ‘Future Probe’ that will see participants choosing a topic and talking about how it would change over the next 100 years.

There are also a slew of fun events lined up like ‘Make a Friend’ where two strangers would be dumped into a ball pit and get to know each other as well as ‘Ad Dharma’ where students have to come up with ad concepts that they have to pitch to potential clients.
“One of the key features of this carnival would be the Author’s Workshop for which we have invited Durjoy Datta, one of India’s youngest and upcoming writers. The author will interact with over 500 participants from various schools and colleges and discuss the nitty-gritty of going about story writing. Apart from talking about the various genres involved, he would also shed light on what kind of stories would work in today’s India,” said Tenali Shyam, one of the main organisers of the literary fest.

Apart from the workshop, there will be side events like the Literary Kaleidoscope, whereparticipants would be divided into various groups to indulge in book reading sessions and debate on various works.

Another organiser A Revanth, elaborated on the Wizard’s Chess that could turn out to be a real eyeball catcher. “Just imagine playing chess Harry Potter style!! Actually it is slightly different, faster and will last just 20 minutes. Instead of pieces, you will actually see people on the chequered board that will move at the command of the king. It may not exactly be magical, but we hope it will turn out to be equally enchanting,” said Revanth.

Talking about the Future Probe, another organizer pointed out: “The participants will be given 10 different topics to choose from, ranging from climate change to electronics, politics, modes andmeans of transport and will be asked to predict how things might change after a 100 years. Of course, the participants will have to build a case study and logically elaborate. They cannot just randomly shoot in the dark.”

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Visakhapatnam / by Venkatesh Bayya, TNN / February 28th, 2014